Astronomy in Your Language:
(click below for PowerPoint presentations)
English, Pat Hall
Spanish, Mauricio Argote (with web links)
Spanish, Mauricio Argote (movie, narrated en Espanol: low-resolution or high resolution)
Farsi (Persian), Alireza Rafiee
Mandarin Chinese, Sunne Dong

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Presentations

• State of the Universe 2014 - STAO, Nov. 2014
• Balloon Universe Activity - STAO, Nov. 2014
• The Universe in 2009 - Nov. 2009
• The Solar System in 2009 - Oct. 2009
• Planets! - June 2008
• Thinking about the Big Bang - October 2007
• Science Teachers' Association of Ontario 2007 - Teaching the Big Bang
• Animations to Accompany 'Teaching the Big Bang'
• Ontario Science Centre 2005 - Planets
• Planets (November 2004)
• Astronomy Day 2004 - Galaxies and Our Universe: Past, Present and Future

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Resources

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Universe Today

Astronomy & Space at the National Research Council of Canada

Learn Astronomy From Your Couch!

The Sun in Your Classroom

Astronomy resources

NASA Lunar Feather Drop Home Page

Make Your Own Planisphere: use the National Research Council Canada version or the Sky Wheel Holder and Basic Constellations printouts from the Lawrence Hall of Science

ClassAction Interactive online & downloadable materials

Visible light and microwave light (used in microwave ovens) are different kinds of electromagnetic (EM) radiation. (Light is made up of units called photons, and visible light has more energy per photon than microwave light does.) Have students measuring the speed of microwave light... with marshmallows! Have students compare that speed to the speed of visible light. How does the speed of light change with the energy per photon of light? (It doesn't.)

Center for Astronomy Education - free resources [see bottom of page]

Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project

University of Virginia Resources for Teachers of Physics

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